Are oranges called oranges because oranges are orange or is orange called orange because oranges are orange?
If we can't see air, can fish see water?
If bugs are called bugs why the debugger isn't called insecticide?
Do fish think they've been abducted by aliens when we fish them?
Why is the bsod blue when there are millions of colors to choose from?
If when something new can run older software it's called backwards compatibility, why when something old can run newer software isn't called forwards compatibility?
What if aliens visited earth millions of years ago but left because there were only dinosaurs?
What if we live in a simulation but no one knows the sourcecode because no one knows in what language it's written?
Why is the bsod blue when there are millions of colors to choose from?
So this one I don't have a source on, but the story that I heard was that it was originally a Black Screen of Death but was changed to blue. The reasoning given to me was that computer BIOS (not to be mistaken for modern EEPROM which serves the same function) can only display in black and white and so by changing the background to blue users were expected to recognize that the system had crashed but that the operating system was still running. Hence the error codes given were OS errors and not BIOS errors, making troubleshooting far easier.
But why blue? Since the BSoD is a crash handler, and so needs to be as simple as possible, using the simplest color depth possible is the best. Hence the use of 3-bit color which would run on any available monitor of the Windows 3.1 era. But why blue specificially? Well with that limitation in mind, the highest contrast (and easiest to read) difference between text and background that uses 3-bit color is white (111) text on a black (000) background. If that's out of the question as explained above, the second highest contrast is between white (111) text on a blue (001) background.
If when something new can run older software it's called backwards compatibility, why when something old can run newer software isn't called forwards compatibility?
It is, actually. However one rarely hears about such things anymore as devising a future-proof standard isn't exactly at the top of most developers' lists of things they want to accomplish. They're rather just sell you something new so they can get more money.
What if we live in a simulation but no one knows the sourcecode because no one knows in what language it's written?
String Theory is basically mathematician's attempts to reverse-engineer the universe's source code. So yeah, that may not be exactly correct but it's also not exactly incorrect either.
p]About the films part unless they also speak english you'll probably not undersfand anything
Here we don't speak alien xd
No, but you'd still get to see images of real, honest to goodness, flesh and blood dinosaurs. I don't care if I can understand the commentary, dinosaurs are AWESOME!
Are oranges called oranges because oranges are orange or is orange called orange because oranges are orange?
If we can't see air, can fish see water?
If bugs are called bugs why the debugger isn't called insecticide?
Do fish think they've been abducted by aliens when we fish them?
Why is the bsod blue when there are millions of colors to choose from?
If when something new can run older software it's called backwards compatibility, why when something old can run newer software isn't called forwards compatibility?
What if aliens visited earth millions of years ago but left because there were only dinosaurs?
What if we live in a simulation but no one knows the sourcecode because no one knows in what language it's written?
What if... well, I'll stop here.
Not even my hello world works :'C
(But powerpoint does xd)
Btw what does api stand for?
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Retired StaffThe later, actually. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_(colour)
Eyes technically only see light, so in that sense the answer is no.
Because a debugger doesn't kill bugs in the code, it just helps programmers find them.
Fish lack the mental capacity to understand aliens. Or most things to be honest.
So this one I don't have a source on, but the story that I heard was that it was originally a Black Screen of Death but was changed to blue. The reasoning given to me was that computer BIOS (not to be mistaken for modern EEPROM which serves the same function) can only display in black and white and so by changing the background to blue users were expected to recognize that the system had crashed but that the operating system was still running. Hence the error codes given were OS errors and not BIOS errors, making troubleshooting far easier.
But why blue? Since the BSoD is a crash handler, and so needs to be as simple as possible, using the simplest color depth possible is the best. Hence the use of 3-bit color which would run on any available monitor of the Windows 3.1 era. But why blue specificially? Well with that limitation in mind, the highest contrast (and easiest to read) difference between text and background that uses 3-bit color is white (111) text on a black (000) background. If that's out of the question as explained above, the second highest contrast is between white (111) text on a blue (001) background.
It is, actually. However one rarely hears about such things anymore as devising a future-proof standard isn't exactly at the top of most developers' lists of things they want to accomplish. They're rather just sell you something new so they can get more money.
Then those aliens saw some seriously cool stuff and I'd really love to see their (now ancient) home movies!
String Theory is basically mathematician's attempts to reverse-engineer the universe's source code. So yeah, that may not be exactly correct but it's also not exactly incorrect either.
Probably for the best. Otherwise, I'd likely have to start posting LMGTFY links.
Alvoria, what's strimg thepry?
I'm interested in biology, gdology and chenistry, not in math
And what's lmgtfy?
About the films part unless they also speak english you'll probably not undersfand anything
Here we don't speak alien xd
Not even my hello world works :'C
(But powerpoint does xd)
Btw what does api stand for?
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Retired StaffWhy not find out for yourself?
Here, let me Google that for you.
No, but you'd still get to see images of real, honest to goodness, flesh and blood dinosaurs. I don't care if I can understand the commentary, dinosaurs are AWESOME!
Sorry it keeps asking me to update my browser but newer versions don't work properly on my device (plus I don't want to)
Not even my hello world works :'C
(But powerpoint does xd)
Btw what does api stand for?